Table 3 Practitioner confidence in aspects of consent seeking by experience of research without prior consent (RWPC) before and after training (n = 125)
I feel confident in….. | Before training | After training | Changes in confidence after training | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly disagree | Mildly disagree | Neither agree nor disagree (neutral) | Mildly agree | Strongly agree | Mean confidence score | Strongly disagree | Mildly disagree | Neither agree nor disagree (neutral) | Mildly agree | Strongly agree | Mean confidence score | Improved | Decreased | No change | Mean difference (95% CI) | p-value | |
1.Explaining the study to families | 11 (9) | 27 (22) | 30 (24) | 30 (24) | 27 (22) | 3.28 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (3) | 52 (42) | 69 (55) | 4.52 | 82 (66) | 4 (3) | 39 (31) | − 1.24 (− 1.46, − 1.02) | 0.000a |
2.Explaining randomisation to families | 8 (6) | 7 (6) | 20 (16) | 49 (39) | 41 (33) | 3.86 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | 42 (34) | 81 (65) | 4.63 | 58 (47) | 3 (2) | 64 (51) | − 0.77 (− 0.96, − 0.57) | 0.002b |
3.Explaining RWPC to families | 20 (16) | 24 (19) | 40 (32) | 21 (17) | 20 (16) | 2.98 | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 12 (10) | 48 (39) | 61 (50) | 4.39 | 90 (72) | 2 (2) | 32 (26) | − 1.40 (− 1.62, − 1.17) | 0.000a |
4. Dealing with parents who object to their child being randomised | 8 (6) | 28 (22) | 29 (23) | 30 (24) | 30 (24) | 3.37 | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | 16 (13) | 56 (45) | 51 (41) | 4.25 | 64 (51) | 5 (4) | 56 (45) | − 0.88 (− 1.08, − 0.68) | 0.000b |